---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 90 Parental Defense Amendments"
description: "S.B. 90 Parental Defense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "Utah SB 90 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Welfare", "Family", "Human Services", "Judicial Operations", "Parental Defense"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ade3fb4-0047-4e51-ba23-d517ed3e30a5"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0090.html"
source_hash: "03c1ad5bfc4dc8c3160a3356477590b3a351fdcc997efec60f1904d9390e678b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 90 (2021) — S.B. 90 Parental Defense Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0090S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0090.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Acton, Cheryl K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-21** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2021-01-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27** comm rpt/amended
- **2021-01-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** substituted from # 0 to # 3
- **2021-02-02** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-03** to House
- **2021-02-03** received from Senate
- **2021-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-09** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-12** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2021-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** to Senate
- **2021-02-17** received from House
- **2021-02-17** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-18** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-02-18** to House
- **2021-02-18** received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-02-18** to Senate
- **2021-02-19** received from House
- **2021-02-19** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ade3fb4-0047-4e51-ba23-d517ed3e30a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).